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Ulster hold on to go top

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:45

Ulster withheld a fearsome late Munster onslaught to secure a thrilling 20-19 victory in the PRO12.

Munster went through umpteen phases of play late on but some superb discipline from Ulster ensured they did not concede any penalties and did not give Ronan O'Gara the chance to win it with a drop goal.

Jackson scored 15 points on the night with five penalties and that, combined with a try for the impressive Jared Payne, took Ulster to the top of the PRO12 table.

DTH van der Merwe set the tone right from the off as his magnificent early try was one of two on the night for the flying wing as Glasgow Warriors heaped more misery on defending PRO12 champions Ospreys as they left the Liberty Stadium with a 28-10 victory.

Both teams took to the field with plenty to play for, with new Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend still looking for his first win in charge and the Ospreys looking to avoid matching their own record set back in 2007 of starting the season as defending champions and with three straight losses.

But it was Townsend and co who were smiling come the final whistle as two van der Merwe tries and one for Chris Fusaro was more than enough to get the Warriors their first win of the season, handing Ospreys the unwanted record in return.